Photo: Andrea Calderón

Phase 2

Victor Vargas

Postales Digitales

Presentation and workshop

Victor Vargas presented Postales Digitales (Digital Postcards), a multisensory mosaic composed of colorful QR codes linked to the complex reality of seasonal agricultural workers in Quebec. They are made with vegetable inks created from fruits and vegetables grown by workers from Central and South America, as well as from soil collected at various spaces in Mexico. The QR codes give access to the workers’ testimonials, personal memories, photographs and videos that share their experiences, memories and labour conditions. After the presentation, Vargas gave a workshop where he invited participants to paint on canvas using natural dyes, similar to the work he presented in the same space.